Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19

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Release Date: 16 Sep 2020

Topic: Hospitals

AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2020) Australia's hospitals at a glance 2018-19, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 4 June 2026, doi:10.25816/eb1n-rn89.

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Australia’s hospitals at a glance 2018–19 presents key statistics about Australia’s hospitals and is a companion report to the data presented in the MyHospitals section of the AIHW website.

ISBN: 978-1-76054-714-1
DOI: 10.25816/eb1n-rn89
Cat. no: HSE 247
Pages: 40

Findings from this report:

Hospitals accounted for the highest proportion of spending across all areas of health expenditure (40%)—$74 billion
There were 11.5 million hospitalisations in Australia’s public and private hospitals in 2018–19
In 2018–19, there were 8.4 million presentations to emergency departments
365,000 emergency admissions to hospital involved surgery

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